What did 1st Earl of Halifax mean by: Content is to the mind like moss to a tree; it bindeth it up so as to stop its growth. - 1st Earl of Halifax Statesman · England Copy
+ The past is the best way to suppose what may come. Feraz Zeid, October 22, 2023December 26, 2023, 1st Earl of Halifax, E. F. L. Wood, Past, 0 - 1st Earl of Halifax Statesman · England
+ Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. Feraz Zeid, September 20, 2023December 26, 2023, 1st Earl of Halifax, E. F. L. Wood, Gratitude, 0 - 1st Earl of Halifax Statesman · England
+ True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, 1st Earl of Halifax, E. F. L. Wood, Merit, Noise, River, 0 - 1st Earl of Halifax Statesman · England
+ The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, 1st Earl of Halifax, E. F. L. Wood, Appearance, Beauty, 0 - 1st Earl of Halifax Statesman · England
+ The more arguments you win, the less friends you will have Feraz Zeid, September 21, 2023December 24, 2023, 1st Earl of Halifax, E. F. L. Wood, Argument, Winning, 0 - 1st Earl of Halifax Statesman · England
+ There is an accumulative cruelty in a number of men, though none in particular are ill natured. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, 1st Earl of Halifax, E. F. L. Wood, Cruelty, Human, 0 - 1st Earl of Halifax Statesman · England
+ Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, 1st Earl of Halifax, E. F. L. Wood, Ignorance, Shame, 0 - 1st Earl of Halifax Statesman · England
+ If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, 1st Earl of Halifax, E. F. L. Wood, Complaints, Laws, 0 - 1st Earl of Halifax Statesman · England
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds – habits and novelty. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Love, slow and gradual in its growth, is too much like friendship ever to be a violent passion. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
I didn’t mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. - Michael Leunig Cartoonist · Australia
